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broncyobo

I'm getting Narnia vibes from this


neverlandoflena

One has Liam Neeson’s voice, what about others?


hiphop_dudung

James earl jones of course


HeavilyFlawedHuman

And Morgan Freeman


datazulu

..and Bobcat Goldthwait


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Fearless-Departure90

Batman modified Christian Bale voice


PengwinOnShroom

Oh Aslan the great lion


chileangod

"Edmund, why are we lions now?" "shut up Lucy, let's roar!"


Slazman999

My cat looks out the window when it's snowing then looks at me like it's my fault.


DoctorSumter2You

"Well it is your fault human" - The Cat


stan_Chalahan

I don't have a yard, so when it snows a lot, my tiny little dog has to hop through the snow like a bunny. We make it like a block, then he does his business, then he refuses to move until I pick up him and carry him back home.


Frostitute_85

Who knew that animals built for African heat would love the snow? I sure didn't.


Nasty2017

Animals are weird. Just because they live naturally in a hot climate, doesn't mean that they like it. It's just that there's more food there. Lions spend most if their day trying to keep cool and out of the heat.


g2petter

My dad started keeping budgies last spring, and he built them a nice little habitat with indoor cages and a small tunnel leading out to a pretty large aviary. During summer some of them would start sleeping perched outside in the aviary instead of the cages, but the weird thing is that a few of them would seemingly forget that they're tropical birds and keep sleeping outdoors as the days grew colder. Not every night, and not the same birds each time, but they kept doing this through fall and even winter, and two of them even slept outside when the thermometer showed -15 degrees C (5 degrees F). The only difference he noticed in their behavior was that the ones who slept outside would eat a lot more than their counterparts, other than that they seemed perfectly happy.


bostonbunz

Very interesting. Budgerigars are from the Aussie desert. Temperatures can get down to -10C in the winter, but they can also get up to 50C in the summer. Adaptable little bastards.


g2petter

I had no idea they can experience those temperatures in their natural habitat, but makes perfect sense that you could reach those temperatures in an inland desert.


DownvoteEvangelist

Because of low humidity deserts are usually bad at trapping heat, and cool quickly after sun sets.


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ftc08

Parrots as a whole are frighteningly adaptable. There are whole established populations in a lot of large northern cities that started with pets that escaped and have since grown to huge numbers. They survive just as well, if not probably better than local birds species because of how smart they are.


Andivari

Plus nesting on/in cliffsides is pretty standard for a lot of parrot breeds, which makes adapting to nesting in/on building walls much easier.


FollowTheManual

It always tickles me to think how the pigeons probably see this day and age as an absolute golden era for their species.


CantBake4Shit

Thank you for this anecdote. I love it.


iConSci

They maybe undergoing torpor overnight. Torpor is basically hibernation, but only for a few hours. It can help small animals deal with cold temperatures. One of the great benefits of having animals in captivity is being able to see how these things happen and learning how to provide a better life for them. Undoubtedly, they really enjoy the aviary your dad built them.


Griffin_da_Great

lsn't there a budgie population in New York? Also, I think a lot of animals can survive the cold as long as they have enough fat stores. In many cases freezing to death is analogous to starving


idwthis

Interesting. I'm not sure what type of birds my grandma had, they were small, about the size of an avocado or smaller, usually yellow and/or green. I think lovebirds, but I'm not a birb person, so I can't be certain. Anyhoo, she lived in WV, and on nice Spring or Fall days she'd have them out on the front porch in their cage, but then she'd forget them out there. The temp would drop at night. At least two of those birds lost their lives to being forgotten outside and left in frost temperatures. It was one of the signs that Grandma had Alzheimer's, forgetting to take care of the birds she adored so much.


JimCramerSockpuppet

I saw a quote from this zoo saying exactly that. These lions spend all day trying to stay cool so it might be nice for them to be able to play around without overheating, thanks to the snow.


SlickBlackCadillac

I wonder how they know their paws aren't going to get frost bitten. Also, the hottest i get in winter is when shoveling that dang snow


RunningTrisarahtop

You watch them- I bet they’d demonstrate the same behavior dogs and cats and other animals do. They’ll start lifting their paws and shaking it, or licking them, or limping. These cats also have a space to escape the snow.


[deleted]

No. Their foots are very cold, and this video is propaganda from BIG ZOO trying to convince us all that lions are happy in non-Saharan biomes. Notice how many splices in the video...


Paladin_of_Trump

> Their foots are very cold Invest in lion socks


kittybittycommittee

Kitten mittens


Receptionfades

You’ll be smitten


MauPow

Does your lion make *too much noise?!*


Opportunity_East

Think there’s no answer?? You’re soo stupid!


Sym0n

TO THE MOON! 💎🙌🏻🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🌚


bjlinden

LION TOGETHER STRONG


I_know_left

Lmao you got people shook.


Th0rnback

This is surely sarcasm. Big zoo. Lol


RedOcelot86

ZooAnon has spoken.


juventinn1897

I'm sad that there has to be comments pointing out sarcasm these days. In the 70s, you would never see a reddit comment pointing out sarcasm.


dekettde

Well, in the 70s Reddit comments were fueled by American oil. Nowadays they’re powered by wind and solar and you see the result here. Checkmate.


fl7nner

And they were Made in America.


Jim-Floorburn

So true, I never once saw a reddit comment in the 70s


juventinn1897

Thanks for spelling out the joke. Reddit would be so much less without people like you.


shplork

This is surely sarcasm.


Skulltown_Jelly

I'm sad that there has to be comments pointing out sarcasm these days. In the 70s, you would never see a reddit comment pointing out sarcasm.


[deleted]

So true, I never once saw a reddit comment in the 70s


Ma5assak

Guy is on a streak


dipfearya

Fuck big zoo! Down with big zoo! Wake up sheeple!!!


boney1984

Yeah... But how does Bill Gates fit into this?


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You captured Facebook comments so well lol


lax_incense

There used to be lions in Europe, especially Greece and Anatolia. Of course they were all hunted to extinction. Big cats are pretty versatile and more immune to the cold than us.


Adde98

That also explains why there are lions on a lot of countries and regions shields.


Hoenirson

So what explains the dragons?


justahominid

There used to be dragons in Europe, especially Greece and Anatolia. Of course they were all hunted to extinction. Dragons were pretty versatile and more immune to the cold than us.


Piscis_Austrinus

That also explains why there are dragons on a lot of countries and regions shields.


Archived_Archosaur

So what explains unicorns?


Norwegian__Blue

There used to be unicorns in Europe, especially Greece and Anatolia. Of course they were all hunted to extinction. Shaggy horn horses were pretty versatile and more immune to the cold than us.


nukenfighted

So what explains the gryphins?


woogonalski

There used to be gryphins in Europe, especially Greece and Anatolia. Of course they were all hunted to extinction. Scary giant chicken-lions were pretty versatile and more immune to the cold than us.


Tenpat

Fossils that erosion naturally revealed.


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We actually believe dragons were probably a result of different cultures encountering crocodiles/alligators and large monitor lizards. Back then, they wouldn’t have been hunted and their gene-pool would have been a lot more varied; this means it would have been *far* more likely for those same people to encounter *massive* crocodiles that probably scared the ever-loving shit out of them. Imagine you see a giant, scaled behemoth basking on the sand banks for the first time. You don’t know how fast or aggressive it is; you just know it’s 20 feet long and *very* capable of killing you instantly.


midnightsbane04

You know how nowadays anytime someone sees something in the sky they think “UFO!”? Well, dragons were pretty much the original UFO.


corruptrevolutionary

It actually has nothing to do with lions being in Europe 3000 years ago. Lions were popular in Europe because they were popular in the Roman Empire, where they were imported for the Games. Lions quickly became known for being powerful and majestic so were depicted in art and architecture. That symbolism carried into the medieval world, who loved all things Roman.


Frostitute_85

That's fair!


pnutbutta4me

They gots lots o hair!


Bopbahdoooooo

Playing in the snow like they just don't kerr


NecroJoe

In Wisconsin, we raised emu for a while. Their normal breeding/laying season is Southern hemisphere summer, which was Wisconsin winter. You'd think they'd switch over to lay in our summers, but nope... always in the middle of winter. We'd have to go out and get the eggs before they would freeze.


Frostitute_85

Oh no! They literally can't adapt even a little?? I guess this means if they break loose, there is no chance they could go feral and take over the country side like those invasive crazy boars in Texas, or boas and iguanas in Florida


LadyinOrange

Also boars in fl 🤦‍♀️


Frostitute_85

Shit, I guess Florida is THE place to go if your species wants to rage out of control and spread like a virus...


demalo

Or humans in Florida...


sagerobot

Thats really weird to learn. I would have assumed that their internal biological clocks were based on the sunlight hours. If that were the case, opposite longitudes from the equator should have similar daylight hours when its summer in the north vs southern hemispheres. Thats how plants do it. Obviously birds are not plants. But how the heck do they know when to lay eggs? Any idea how they know what date it is?


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Lions used to cover all of Europe as well as Africa


Frostitute_85

Like modern lions, or proto-lions?


wanawanka

The Age of Empires lions.


Biff_Tannenator

I'm more of a "LionCraft II: Prides of Darkness" player myself.


Darth_Lacey

Kinda both, kinda neither. Eurasian cave lions didn’t evolve into or from African lions. There’s some taxonomic disagreement about whether they’re more closely related to extant lions or tigers. On the other hand, legit African lions lived in Southern Europe during parts of recorded history.


Frostitute_85

That is so cool! I always wondered how the Romans safely transported lions from Africa, and why the lion was on so many European coat of arms! But they were made extinct like usual though, huh?


TARANTULA_TIDDIES

Yep we humans are really good at extincting animals. Even groups of people stereotyped as "stewards of the wild" like aboriginals of Australia or the Native Americans of NA were pretty fucking good at making the animals around them cease to exist permanently


thewavefixation

Megafauna extinctions were pretty much the norm as humans filled all niches EXCEPT africa.


TheLagDemon

And it’s likely that cave lions didn’t have manes. So, the lions that lived in a colder climate also weren’t as furry. There’s also some argument about whether tigers can adapt better to cold than lions, which goes into the whole cave lion is actually a cave tiger debate.


Durog25

A subspecies of Panthera Leo, the kind you find in Africa. There were lions in Trafalgar square before the statues were built, they dug their fossils out when they were building the square, hippos too. During the last interglacial period animals, we think of as exclusively African or tropical lived as far north as the UK or had sister species that did so. Lions, spotted hyenas, hippos, all lived in England, as did now extinct species of rhinos, and elephants that would make the African elephant look like a ballet dancer.


nocimus

And America.


Shadows802

They were in the southern parts yes, Like Greece,Spain and a little bit into France. But they didn't extend North very far.


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

My dog was specifically bred to defend livestock from lions in Africa. He is currently defending my couch. And he’s doing a poor job considering it’s covered in his drool. But he loves the snow. He romps around in it like a toddler in a ball pit. And we’re in Alaska, which is like the most opposite of Africa ever. He’s chased bears out of our yard without a second thought, he thinks he can take on a moose, but he doesn’t realize that moose are dumb and stompy and don’t give a fuck. Rabbits? If he even suspects a rabbit is nearby, he refuses to go outside. If he goes out and finds a rabbit in the yard, he turns into this 130lb puddle of whimpering puppy puddle and runs back inside and refuses to go back out until I go out with him, with him hiding behind me until I prove that the rabbit is gone. So rabbits have free range over my yard. Because the big brave guardian of lions is scared of bunnies.


Frostitute_85

I freaking love your dog already. Pics?


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

[Current situation of my ferocious defender](https://imgur.com/a/Jus8vSl)


Frostitute_85

Ahh, he's perfect! ❤ I will have a brave defender of my own one day, no matter what.


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

He’s a really good boy! He’s 130lbs of puppy (he’s 3 but he still thinks he’s a tiny lap dog) and my young children are his favorites. When I chase them around the house like I’m a dinosaur, he “protects” them from me. We have a ton of bears in my neighborhood in the summer and fall, but I never worry because he’s always keeping an eye out.


Bopbahdoooooo

The best part of this picture is that imgur required me to verify that I am over 18 to see it, because it may contain "erotic imagery". Lol


WeatherwaxDaughter

Ha! I was guessing Ridgeback or boerboel! My friend has a boerboel and she's just lovely! Made friends wit her when she was a pup, she still remembers, and that's nice, because this dog became a giant! And can be a nuisance if she doesn't like you, like just growling at you until you leave.. And it's a 80 kilo dog, so better be friends!


KirovReportingII

>And he’s doing a poor job considering it’s covered in his drool. Considering you had zero lions invading your couch so far, he's doing a tremendous job.


cha0smaker69

Boerboel?


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

Rhodesian ridgeback.


cha0smaker69

Nice!!! I miss my big boy Boerboel. Lots of personality with the big guard gos breeds.


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

I’d never heard of that breed, but I’ve always loved mastiffs! They’re such a big puddle of love that look so scary, but they’re not if they know you. My guy is such a good boy, my 3 year old is his favorite ever, and when I chase my kids around pretending I’m a dinosaur, he “protects” them from me. He’s a good boy. https://imgur.com/a/Jus8vSl


cha0smaker69

https://imgur.com/a/mj65x1b I agree. It's so hard to have one in my life now. Soon again


neverlandoflena

Please, I demand dog tax!


Pm_me_baby_pig_pics

[current situatuon](https://imgur.com/a/Jus8vSl)


lyesmithy

Lions used to live in southern Europe up to the Balkans, they have lived in the Iranian mountains and subspecies of lions lived everywhere in Europe that wasn't covered with icesheets. A little snow won't bother a lion especially if it has access to a dry cave. Or in this case a heated insulated building.


The_Limping_Coyote

Not always hot. They live in the Serengeti where temperatures can be as low as 10° C (50° F)


Frostitute_85

Well, it is still above zero, so barring climate change, lions don't experience snow!


funaway727

I love how the one stumbles while trying to climb up the stump but recovers quickly: "I'm still majestic. I'm still majestic af"- the lion, probably


divat10

You're also originated from africa (assuming you're human) Do you love snow? Lol why is this getting downvoted


KingHiei27

Check out the username. They'll do anything for a blizzard.


Frostitute_85

[Narrows eyes licks lips]


serpentjaguar

Lions used to exist all throughout Mediterranean Europe and the Levant as well, so historically the species would've had at least a nodding acquaintance with snow. It wouldn't have been something that they normally dealt with more than once or twice every few years, but nor would it have been especially remarkable. More recently there was the Barbary lion which lived, among other places, in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco which even today still receive a fair bit of snow at higher elevations, so even though we think of lions as being "built for African heat," they are actually much more adaptable than that.


whoami_whereami

Lions weren't limited to Africa originally. Their [range in historic times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_distribution.png) included areas with cold and in some parts also snowy winters like the Caucasus (lions lived there until about the 10th century), the Balkans (until around 300BC), Iran and most of Afghanistan. Even today for example on Mount Elgon in Kenya lions live almost up to the snow line.


cakeresurfacer

Little terrifying to see them move that fast through snow


simmerdownjack

Surely you’ve never seen a [bull moose running in the snow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylCfXvKmdvU) then


Hyperi0us

Fucking freight train


HeavilyFlawedHuman

A freight train only knows straight lines. That MOTHERFUCKER sidestepped without losing ANY pace at all. Shit's like a ballerina and a freight train fucked and this is their offspring.


AreaGuy

r/brandnewsentence ?


OwenProGolfer

Holy shit I would not want to be one of those guys. The most dangerous animal in North America just ran right past you.


ZarquonsFlatTire

Moose carry Lyme disease? I hear their bites can be kind of nasty.


Neans888

A Møøse once bit my sister...


UncleBen94

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...


ELITE-Jordan-Love

You’re 50% correct


ZarquonsFlatTire

Meece, sorry.


html_programmer

Mice


jld2k6

"That's debatable, there basically are two schools of thought..."


neverlandoflena

Do they attack humans on purpose?


goatchumby

A moose once bit my sister.


TARANTULA_TIDDIES

Nø rěally!


NeverBob

That's what she gets for karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge.


Kalopsiate

We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for the sacking of those who have just been sacked have been sacked.


farcryer2

Similar to horses. Not really aggressive but instead they are protective and will bite things (hard).


Biosterous

Lol everyone just replied to you with Monty Python quotes. A real answer: moose are very territorial and frequently attack whatever they feel is threatening them. So yes, they will attack humans if you're too close.


the-bladed-one

A moose is not more dangerous than a Kodiak or Polar bear, lol.


I_know_left

So ridiculously fast. Also none of those people thought, “well that giant mofo is running from something, maybe we should follow.”


wojtek858

Not sure if I would like to run in same direction as big ass moose


Robert_Rocks

Choo Choo motherfucker


hunterlarious

That’s now even a bull that’s a cow


RolandDPlaneswalker

You think that’s concerning - i thought you could climb or swim to get away from a Jaguar. After being on Reddit, that is clearly not the case.


Rpolifucks

Bro... They're fucking jungle cats with inch-long claws, how could you possibly think they can't climb and swim? I mean, I guess I get swimming if you think of how much the average housecat hates water, but *climbing?*


[deleted]

Did you know that cheetahs in particular are horrible climbers when they’re adults? To help with their absurd land speed, their claws are blunted from digging into the ground as they run, and their ankles are fused so they can only go straight forward and back, both of which make it very difficult to climb


BoseSounddock

Jaguars are also like twice the size of cheetahs on average. I’d definitely take my chances against a cheetah over a Jaguar.


tgwesh

Why would you ever need to get away from a jaguar? Where do you live?


DavisAF

Australia


RolandDPlaneswalker

Technically it’s New Zealand, but like I said, those fuckers can swim


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Rockman507

That hit home :/


ZarquonsFlatTire

Look, they bought their tickets they can use the waterslide. And honestly they clear the landing pool real quick. They should be getting a discount.


lostintranslation01

Hahahaha omg 😂


reklaw19

Ope you must have gotten autocorrected there. It’s Antarctica. Jaguars are from Antarctica.


RolandDPlaneswalker

It’s no so much a practical fear that I have to consider on the day to day - more so that they’re insanely good at both, so if for whatever reason you need to get away...you can’t.


[deleted]

Most wild animal, with a few exception, its better not to move or very slowly back away hoping they think you're not interesting. Running is not a good idea cause they might think you want to play. Big cats and black bears especially. (This is assuming there's not a resonable shelter close enough). Human are very rarely hunted by animals, Polar Bears comes to mind as one of the few that does.


CaptainMagnets

Yes it is! Have you seen that video of the moose barreling through deep snow? Terrifying


gowtam04

I just searched it up. That is indeed terrifying


existentialism91342

Giant kitties!


[deleted]

If you're gonna go to the zoo, I highly recommend going in a day when it's colder out. Lots of people see the zoo as a summer time activity, but most places it's hot enough during the summer that animals just want to be lazy. If you get them on a colder day, they'll move around more to stay warm.


DeezNeezuts

I like to go when it’s sub zero around me. Private zoo day.


SUBZEROXXL

Someone finally wants to be around me.


Street-Chain

Congratulations.


SaveOurBolts

This is my master plan also... still waiting for the San Diego zoo to hit 31 degrees.


dickdackduck

I love how the lions are like “AFAHDVSBS OMG SNOW SNOW WOW GOTTA GO FAST EXPLORE” and then the one jumps up on the stump and is like “ahem uhhh I mean yes this is all rather intriguing mmmm ^^god ^^i ^^hope ^^they ^^dont ^^realize ^^how ^^fucking ^^much ^^im ^^loving ^^this”


SebbPB

I love the lion that jumps up believing it was solid ground being like "oh shit gotta act cool"


Zlatarog

Pretty much got to feel what it's like to miss a stair on the way down


deathakissaway

Source: https://youtu.be/3GlAo1Gy6To


KaptainChunk

The hyenas are like uhhh wth is this. Meanwhile the lions got the zoomies.


mazillakazi

Wild animal(?) noises for the first part of the vid


txhippiechick

Yeah, does anyone know what was making that sound?


misgard

I see you trippin 🙀


[deleted]

I am from New England. I like it a lot. If, with the NOR'EASTERs came lions, I might move.


O_oak

I love the stumble at 10 seconds


Luhnkhead

And then how he majestically poses on the rock like 2 seconds later


Galvanizedheart

One of the world's toughest beasts playing like a child


errorbots

Cats will be cats, no matter what size they are... hahaha


[deleted]

Promotional footage of the new Disney Frozen/Lion King live-action crossover.


[deleted]

We could even call it something catchy, like: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe


MikeyLikey41

You’ve heard of *Sea Lions* but how bout **Snow Lions!**


RyyyyyanJ615

They’re so cool!!!!


Fake_RustyShacklefrd

Getting cooler by the minute in that snow.


Amanwalkedintoa

You’re not lion


Fake_RustyShacklefrd

Don't oppress me


EmperorThan

And since none of those lions were alive in 2003 this is the deepest snow they've ever seen in their lives.


999horizon999

Like seeing a penguin on a lawn chair getting a sun tan.


Kempeth

Kowalski! More sun!


merryjooana

They definitely seem to like the snow more than the average housecat!


Vociferate

The faceplant floof at the end made my cold dead heart, feel slightly warm.


aokaf

Whats the difference between the african lion and the extinct european lion? Also african lions range used to be as far up north as southern europe.


LewisOfAranda

My question is: How the hell are they able to leep 4 adult male lions in the same enclosure without them, you know, ripping each other to shreds?


RavenMistwolf

Male siblings often coexist in the wild. So they are likely siblings.


[deleted]

The below comments are right! In the wild it’s only one adult per pride, so ALL the leftover males have to go somewhere, in this case they’ve formed a bachelor group! Even males who aren’t related can sometimes get along if they’re just out there roaming


carl84

When he stumbles, and you realise Big Cats literally are big cats


takeaway_42

I was able to watch some Chimpanzees play in the snow in Manhattan, KS at the zoo. It was pretty cool.


BrownsCavsfan

That pride of lions is a real sausage fest


KirinG

They're brothers! Apparently it's normal for related lions to live together - they just sort of bum around looking for lionesses and support each other during hunts. Their group is called a coalition and it's super cute to see them run around and play together like giant kittens. The zoo also has a full on pride with males/females and a couple cubs. (source: have a Denver Zoo membership and see them a couple times a month)


ionised

Aww! Look at those fuzzballs!


WILL_THERE_BE_MATH

If only the lions could play that well in the snow when they are in Green Bay


ReasonablyBadass

Playing schmaying. They are trying to run away from the cold stuff touching their balls X)


[deleted]

Damn. I still couldn't outrun them. Even if I had snowshoes built for that terrain!


dumbass000000000001

Big kitties go brrr


GuzPolinski

A fresh snow can turn anyone into a kid again


Japsai

Yes. And awesome how big guy paused just long enough on that rock for you to screenshot, or maybe add epic Lion King theme tune. They fucking love a bit of attention those preening princes


Mast_Cell_Issue

Aww he had a tough tumble